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c186282 wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
> >> c186282 wrote:
>>
>>> As mentioned in these groups before, do not be so quick to
>>> discount "old" tech.
>>
>> Newer stuff seems to have come along and eaten its lunch, if it's 
>> coming back we'll see ...
> 
> A lot of the time it doesn't have to "come back" because it's still
> here, heavily embedded, doing its thing like it always did.

Fair enough, arduino hasn't gone away, just gone down in popularity.

> So, unless you and/or employer is just rolling in spare cash, don't
> be in a hurry to buy the 'latest greatest' until, if, it's
> NECESSARY. "Latest/greatest", "New And Improved" - is a MARKETING
> SCAM.

You mentioned the UNO Q?

Lots of products seem to embed various forms of Pi, I'm sure some do the 
same with arduino, but I'd struggle to name one, vs several Pi ones I 
can think of (Brennan B2/B3 jukebox, piKVM, HomeAssistantYellow) ...